What are the calling rates?

 

Unlimited Calling

Item Charge
Monthly Line Rental $19.95 (including GST)
Calls to other Lightwire Phone numbers  INCLUDED
Local calling (including your entire area code, e.g. 07) INCLUDED
New Zealand & Australian Landline calling INCLUDED
New Zealand & Australian Mobile calling INCLUDED
International calling See below

 

Not available: Legacy Lightwire Phone Residential Line (pre-May 2021)

Item Charge
Monthly Line Rental $11.50
Calls to other Lightwire Phone numbers  INCLUDED
Local calling (including your entire area code, e.g. 07) INCLUDED
New Zealand & Australian Landline calling $0.034/min
New Zealand & Australian Mobile calling $0.184/min
International calling See below

From the 14th of May, new rural customers can only sign up for the unlimited plan priced at $19.95 per month. The unlimited plan allows you to call Australian and New Zealand landlines and mobiles without variable costs.

From the 1st of June, we are emailing all voice customers to let them know of the unlimited plan and if they want to change to the unlimited plan they will need to email us and this will take effect from the 1st July

 

International Calling Rates

Continents are ordered alphabetically as are the countries within each continent. Looking for a specific country try holding control+f to open the search functionality (command+f for Mac users) and type in the country you'd like to find.

 

Africa 

Prefix Country To Landline/mobile (per min, incl GST) 
213 Algeria  $   0.541
244 Angola  $   0.541
229 Benin  $   0.460
267 Botswana  $   0.265
226 Burkina Faso  $   0.598
257 Burundi  $   0.541
237 Cameroon  $   0.414
238 Cape Verde  $   0.276
236 Central African Republic  $   0.736
269 Comoros  $   0.437
242 Congo  $   0.483
243 Democratic Republic of the Congo  $   0.483
225 Ivory Coast  $   0.621
253 Djibouti  $   0.541
20 Egypt  $   0.265
240 Equatorial Guinea  $   0.748
291 Eritrea  $   0.368
251 Ethiopia  $   0.380
241 Gabon  $   0.541
220 Gambia  $   0.736
224 Guinea  $   0.713
245 Guinea-Bissau  $   0.644
254 Kenya  $   0.621
266 Lesotho  $   0.345
231 Liberia  $   0.541
261 Madagascar  $   0.736
265 Malawi  $   0.334
223 Mali  $   0.345
222 Mauritania  $   0.782
230 Mauritius  $   0.150
212 Morocco  $   0.483
258 Mozambique  $   0.483
264 Namibia  $   0.265
227 Niger  $   0.587
234 Nigeria  $   0.552
262 Réunion  $   0.483
250 Rwanda  $   0.529
239 São Tomé and Príncipe  $   1.737
221 Senegal  $   0.368
248 Seychelles  $   0.966
232 Sierra Leone  $   1.173
252 Somalia  $   0.713
27 South Africa  $   0.207
211 South Sudan  $   0.541
290 Saint Helena  $   1.173
249 Sudan  $   0.265
268 Swaziland  $   0.403
255 Tanzania  $   0.288
228 Togo  $   0.483
216 Tunisia  $   0.736
256 Uganda  $   0.403
260 Zambia  $   0.403
263 Zimbabwe  $   0.207

 

Asia 

Prefix Country To Landline/mobile (per min, incl GST) 
93 Afghanistan  $   0.334
374 Armenia  $   0.380
973 Bahrain  $   0.184
880 Bangladesh  $   0.046
975 Bhutan  $   0.552
673 Brunei  $   0.207
855 Cambodia  $   0.414
86 China  $   0.046
8613 China  $   0.403
6724 Christmas Island  $   0.414
6722 Cocos (Keeling) Islands  $   0.414
670 Timor-Leste  $   0.518
852 Hong Kong  $   0.046
91 India  $   0.345
62 Indonesia  $   0.219
628 Indonesia  $   0.345
98 Iran  $   0.403
964 Iraq  $   0.621
972 Israel  $   0.403
81 Japan  $   0.069
962 Jordan  $   0.541
850 North Korea  $   3.922
82 South Korea  $   0.069
965 Kuwait  $   0.541
996 Kyrgyzstan  $   0.621
856 Laos  $   0.184
961 Lebanon  $   0.541
853 Macau  $   0.138
60 Malaysia  $   0.069
960 Maldives  $   1.208
976 Mongolia  $   0.621
95 Myanmar  $   0.380
977 Nepal  $   0.621
968 Oman  $   0.426
92 Pakistan  $   0.150
63 Philippines  $   0.161
974 Qatar  $   0.299
966 Saudi Arabia  $   0.483
65 Singapore  $   0.035
94 Sri Lanka  $   0.253
963 Syria  $   0.368
886 Taiwan  $   0.046
992 Tajikistan  $   0.230
66 Thailand  $   0.184
993 Turkmenistan  $   0.184
971 United Arab Emirates  $   0.265
998 Uzbekistan  $   0.483
84 Vietnam  $   0.161
967 Yemen  $   0.219

 

Europe 

Prefix Country To Landline (per min, incl GST)  To Mobile (per min, incl GST) 
355 Albania  $   0.541  $   0.541
376 Andorra  $   0.161  $   0.242
43 Austria  $   0.184  $   0.426
994 Azerbaijan  $   0.483  $   0.483
375 Belarus  $   0.541  $   0.541
32 Belgium  $   0.138  $   0.483
387 Bosnia and Herzegovina  $   0.299  $   0.299
359 Bulgaria  $   0.207  $   0.207
385 Croatia  $   0.150  $   0.541
357 Cyprus  $   0.403  $   0.403
420 Czech Republic  $   0.127  $   0.127
45 Denmark  $   0.127  $   0.127
372 Estonia  $   0.552  $   0.736
298 Faroe Islands  $   0.196  $   0.196
358 Finland  $   0.138  $   0.138
33 France  $   0.138  $   0.230
995 Georgia  $   0.506  $   0.506
49 Germany  $   0.138  $   0.299
350 Gibraltar  $   0.265  $   0.265
30 Greece  $   0.207  $   0.207
379 Vatican City  $   1.173  $   1.173
36 Hungary  $   0.138  $   0.138
354 Iceland  $   0.219  $   0.219
353 Ireland  $   0.046  $   0.046
39 Italy  $   0.115  $   0.115
396698 Vatican City  $   1.173  $   1.173
371 Latvia  $   0.414  $   0.414
423 Liechtenstein  $   0.207  $   0.207
370 Lithuania  $   0.288  $   0.288
352 Luxembourg  $   0.138  $   0.138
389 Republic of North Macedonia  $   0.253  $   0.253
356 Malta  $   0.115  $   0.115
373 Moldova  $   0.437  $   0.437
377 Monaco  $   0.127  $   0.127
31 Netherlands  $   0.115  $   0.115
47 Norway  $   0.138  $   0.138
48 Poland  $   0.127  $   0.127
351 Portugal  $   0.138  $   0.138
40 Romania  $   0.265  $   0.265
70 Russia  $   0.483  $   0.541
378 San Marino  $   0.265  $   0.265
421 Slovakia  $   0.368  $   0.368
386 Slovenia  $   0.357  $   0.357
34 Spain  $   0.138  $   0.138
46 Sweden  $   0.138  $   0.138
41 Switzerland  $   0.138  $   0.138
90 Turkey  $   0.138  $   0.138
380 Ukraine  $   0.196  $   0.196
44 United Kingdom  $   0.046  $   0.046

 

North America, Central America, and the Caribbean 

Prefix Country To Landline/mobile (per min, incl GST) 
1264 Anguilla  $   0.345
1268 Antigua and Barbuda  $   0.368
297 Aruba  $   0.322
1242 Bahamas  $   0.253
1246 Barbados  $   0.219
501 Belize  $   0.357
1441 Bermuda  $   0.265
1204 Canada  $   0.046
1345 Cayman Islands  $   0.276
506 Costa Rica  $   0.207
53 Cuba  $   1.162
1767 Dominica  $   0.391
1809 Dominican Republic  $   0.403
503 El Salvador  $   0.288
299 Greenland  $   0.771
1473 Grenada  $   0.345
590 Guadeloupe  $   0.345
502 Guatemala  $   0.403
509 Haiti  $   0.391
504 Honduras  $   0.288
1876 Jamaica  $   0.621
596 Martinique  $   0.414
52 Mexico  $   0.403
1664 Montserrat  $   0.414
505 Nicaragua  $   0.391
507 Panama  $   0.196
1787 Puerto Rico  $   0.138
1869 Saint Kitts and Nevis  $   0.230
1758 Saint Lucia  $   0.391
1784 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $   0.334
508 Saint Pierre and Miquelon  $   0.357
1868 Trinidad and Tobago  $   0.207
1649 Turks and Caicos Islands  $   0.368
121 United States  $   0.046
1284 British Virgin Islands  $   0.391
1340 United States Virgin Islands  $   0.391

 

Oceania

Prefix Country To Landline (per min, incl GST)  To Mobile (per min, incl GST) 
684 American Samoa  $   0.150  $   0.150
61 Australia  $   0.035  $   0.184
682 Cook Islands  $   1.173  $   1.173
679 Fiji  $   0.449  $   0.449
689 French Polynesia  $   0.299  $   0.299
1671 Guam  $   0.345  $   0.345
686 Kiribati  $   1.173  $   1.173
692 Marshall Islands  $   0.414  $   0.414
691 Federated States of Micronesia  $   0.771  $   0.771
674 Nauru  $   2.001  $   2.001
687 New Caledonia  $   0.230  $   0.230
64 New Zealand  $   0.035  $   0.184
683 Niue  $   1.449  $   1.449
580 Northern Mariana Islands  $   0.207  $   0.207
680 Palau  $   0.391  $   0.391
675 Papua New Guinea  $   1.311  $   1.311
685 Samoa  $   0.610  $   0.610
677 Solomon Islands  $   1.426  $   1.426
690 Tokelau  $   4.002  $   4.002
676 Tonga  $   0.299  $   0.299
688 Tuvalu  $   1.173  $   1.173
678 Vanuatu  $   1.173  $   1.173
681 Wallis and Futuna  $   0.472  $   0.472

 

South America 

Prefix Country To Landline/mobile (per min, incl GST) 
54 Argentina  $   0.138
591 Bolivia  $   0.253
55 Brazil  $   0.483
57 Colombia  $   0.207
593 Ecuador  $   0.345
500 Falkland Islands  $   1.346
594 French Guiana  $   0.127
592 Guyana  $   0.380
595 Paraguay  $   0.483
51 Peru  $   0.483
597 Suriname  $   0.426
598 Uruguay  $   0.161
58 Venezuela  $   0.483
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